Cooperation

What Cooperation does

Cooperation is a cloud-based employee scheduling platform operated by Cooperation, L.L.C., a privately held Oregon LLC founded in 2012 by Paul DeBruicker and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The product combines four integrated modules — employee scheduling, time clock, PTO management, and messaging — plus an industry-specific Skilled Nursing Facility module that adds CMS-mandated PBJ reporting, HPRD budgeting, and Final Rule staff competency tracking. Customer-facing interfaces span web, smartphone, and tablet (iPad/Android) with geolocation- and schedule-restricted clock-ins, multi-location support, and payroll exports via CSV or custom XML.

The underlying platform is delivered as a SaaS web application hosted on Amazon Web Services, with Stripe handling subscription payments and Kissmetrics providing product analytics. The scheduling engine applies rule-based and predictive analytics to assign shifts, surface overtime risk, and predict the staffing impact of PTO requests, with a stated design goal of minimizing manager intervention via employee-driven shift trading and self-service.

Commercially, Cooperation sells exclusively on a recurring subscription at $7 per scheduled employee per month, with no setup charges, no contracts, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Distribution blends a product-led-growth self-serve sign-up at app.getcooperation.com with an inside-sales motion for mid-market and enterprise prospects using Calendly-scheduled demos, supplemented by no-cost on-site setup and training anywhere in the United States. The company is founder-led and bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional investors, parent entity, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or M&A activity in the source data.

Name

Cooperation

Legal name

Cooperation, L.L.C.

Website

https://getcooperation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cooperation is a cloud-based employee scheduling platform serving hourly-workforce businesses, particularly skilled nursing facilities, with automated scheduling, time tracking, PTO management, and messaging modules sold at $7 per scheduled employee per month.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Employee Scheduling Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Management & Scheduling (BPACAPAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce Time, Attendance & Scheduling Administration (BPAAAIAI)

Keywords

• Employee scheduling software
• Workforce management
• Time and attendance
• PTO tracking
• Shift management

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Per Scheduled Employee: Monthly or annual subscription at $7 per scheduled employee per month. A 'scheduled employee' is someone scheduled to work in a given month. Customers only pay for employees who actually work that month, not total employees in the database.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cooperation provides cloud-based employee scheduling software that automatically generates shift assignments based on employee roles, qualifications, availability, and learned organizational patterns. The platform combines automated scheduling, multi-channel time and attendance tracking, PTO management with staffing-impact prediction, and team messaging, with an industry-specific module for skilled nursing facilities that adds PBJ reporting, HPRD budgeting, and CMS Final Rule staff competency tracking.

Product overview

Cooperation is a cloud-based employee scheduling software platform that combines four core modules: Employee Scheduling (automated shift assignment and management), Time Clock (time and attendance tracking), PTO Management (paid time off tracking and requests), and Messaging (internal team communication via SMS, email, and phone). The platform is designed as a unified system where these modules work together—schedules inform time tracking, PTO requests impact availability, and all data feeds into payroll exports. The Skilled Nursing Facility module extends the core platform with industry-specific compliance features including PBJ reporting and HPRD budgeting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employee Scheduling Cloud-based automated shift assignment software that learns organizational roles, employee qualifications, and scheduling rules to generate optimal schedules. Supports manual overrides, employee shift trades among qualified staff, and coverage for call-outs. Aimed at businesses with hourly workforces.
• Time Clock Time and attendance tracking system that allows employees to clock in via smartphone, web, or wall-mounted tablet. Tracks hours, breaks, and missed punches, and exports data to payroll providers in multiple formats including CSV and custom XML. Targets employers with hourly employees across one or more locations.
• PTO Management Paid time off tracking and request management system that predicts staffing impacts of PTO requests, supports customizable accrual policies based on seniority, integrates with payroll exports, and provides decision-support tools for scheduling managers. Targets managers and employees in organizations with hourly workforces.
• Messaging Internal communication platform enabling team messaging via phone, SMS text, and email. Supports group messaging, individual notes, announcements with reminders, and license expiration notifications. Aimed at distributed teams of hourly workers and their managers.
• Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Module Industry-specific scheduling solution for skilled nursing facilities including PBJ (Payroll-Based Journal) reporting, HPRD (Hours Per Resident Day) budgeting, and Final Rule staff competency tracking to meet CMS regulatory requirements. Targets skilled nursing and long-term care facility operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced overtime costs by preventing employees from working beyond set limits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Deputy: Deputy offers cloud-based employee scheduling, time and attendance, and workforce management for shift-based businesses worldwide. It competes head-to-head with Cooperation across scheduling, shift trading, and time clock functionality.
• OnShift: OnShift is a workforce management and employee scheduling platform purpose-built for senior care and skilled nursing facilities. It is the closest direct vertical competitor to Cooperation's SNF module, including PBJ reporting and HPRD functionality.
• When I Work: When I Work is a leading employee scheduling and time tracking platform for hourly workers, with self-serve onboarding and mobile-first UX. It is the most direct horizontal competitor to Cooperation's core scheduling product.
• Homebase: Homebase provides free and low-cost employee scheduling, time clock, and team communication for small hourly-workforce businesses. It is a direct SMB-focused competitor to Cooperation's self-serve motion.
• Sling: Sling (owned by Toast) provides employee scheduling, shift trading, and labor cost tools aimed at restaurants and hourly employers. Comparable to Cooperation in feature set and target buyer persona.
• Shiftboard: Shiftboard provides workforce scheduling and shift management software for shift-based and hourly workforces, including healthcare and long-term care. Directly comparable to Cooperation, especially in healthcare-adjacent verticals.
• Humanity (now ZoomShift): Humanity (acquired by ZoomShift) offered cloud-based employee scheduling and shift planning. It overlaps with Cooperation's core feature set in scheduling, shift trading, and time clock.

Broad incumbents

• UKG (Kronos): UKG (formerly Kronos) is a broad workforce management and HCM incumbent serving large enterprises including healthcare. It competes with Cooperation in the SNF vertical with deeper compliance capabilities but at higher complexity and cost.
• Paychex Flex: Paychex Flex includes scheduling, time and attendance, and HR/payroll for SMB and mid-market. It competes with Cooperation on integrated scheduling-plus-payroll for small businesses.

Emerging players

• Connecteam: Connecteam is a fast-growing employee management app combining scheduling, time tracking, communication, and HR for deskless workers. Overlaps with Cooperation in scheduling, messaging, and mobile-first hourly worker use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooperation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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